1979 Texas Rangers

American League
Record: 83 - 79
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Position Players
Player Pos Type GP PA/162 H HR RBI R SB SO BB BA OBP SLG F/R/A Salary
Jim SundbergCF1505611365645035151.275.345.368A/B/A+$4.02M
Dave RobertsCF449322314121177.262.319.417C/D/D$547K
Pat Putnam1BF13946511818645715023.277.319.458B+/B-$3.04M
Willie Montanez1BP3815446824190148.319.357.528C/B-$1.09M
Mike Jorgensen1BF90177356162102914.223.293.382C-/D-$690K
Bump Wills2BF14661714854690355853.273.340.350C/A$4.12M
Buddy Bell3BF162720200181018954530.299.327.451A/A$6.55M
Eric Soderholm3BP6316540419150912.272.325.395A/A-$1.18M
Nelson NormanSSF147383760213644119.222.260.265C/D-$1.27M
Larvell BlanksSSF6813824115130911.200.259.267B/D-$374K
John EllisDHF1113379012613325515.285.318.437D-/D-/D$1.71M
Al OliverOFF13653815912766943434.323.367.470C/B-$4.07M
Richie ZiskOFF14456313218646917557.262.336.416C/D+$2.95M
Bill SampleOFF128377955356082837.292.365.415A+/D-$2.26M
Mickey RiversOFP5826374625357189.300.323.433C+/B+$1.91M
Johnny GrubbOFF1023287910374224434.273.350.426B/D-$1.79M
Oscar GambleOFP64201548322721537.335.458.522C-/C-$1.78M
Pitchers
Player Role Type GP IP/162 GS ERA OAV WHIP K/BB K/9 BB/9 HR/9 Salary
Fergie JenkinsSF37259.00374.070.2561.292.0255.702.811.390$5.37M
Steve ComerSF36243.00363.680.2521.301.0243.193.120.891$5.25M
Doc MedichSF29149.00194.170.2691.381.1843.502.960.544$3.22M
Doyle AlexanderSF23114.00184.450.2681.610.7253.975.480.238$2.57M
John Henry JohnsonSP1783.00124.920.2551.401.2785.033.941.312$1.50M
Jon MatlackSF1385.00134.130.2931.332.3333.711.590.953$1.47M
Dock EllisSP1047.0095.980.3231.710.6251.933.090.964$508K
Brian AllardSF734.0044.320.2831.471.0773.783.511.080$419K
Jim KernRF71143.0001.570.1991.132.1948.563.900.315$5.22M
Danny DarwinRF2078.0064.040.1861.031.9336.693.460.577$2.67M
Sparky LyleRF6795.0003.130.2261.121.7144.552.650.853$2.62M
Dave RajsichRF2754.0033.520.2671.381.7785.373.021.174$893K
Ed FarmerRP1133.0024.360.2521.481.3166.825.180.545$571K

The 1979 Texas Rangers roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1979 Texas Rangers.

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